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Reducing your ecological footprint
Nature & Environment

Reducing your ecological footprint

...energy efficient household in Oxford and pioneering work at the Eden Project and Mount Pleasant Eco Park in Cornwall. This material forms part of The Open University course U116, Environment: journeys through a changing world... Reducing your ecological footprint A short introduction to this album Eco-Renovations Reducing your carbon footprint at home. A couple from...
Using and managing waste
Science, Maths & Technology

Using and managing waste

...energy from waste, and composting. In the bonus audio tracks Professor Andrew Porteous of The Open University explains why the case studies were chosen, and Dr Suresh Nesaratnam gives an overview of the academic context in which waste management is studied. The material forms part of The Open University course T210 Environmental control and public health... Using and...
Calculating your carbon footprint
Nature & Environment

Calculating your carbon footprint

...energy and transport and consumption of food, goods and services. It’s measured as the mass, in tonnes per year, either of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions alone, or of CO2 plus the mass of other GHG emissions, such as methane, converted into their carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) global warming effect. Video: Peter Harper explains the concept of the carbon footprint...
Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan
Nature & Environment

Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan

...energy alternatives, and embracing the health and economic benefits that will result. The Alliance opened with 25 signatories. By the end of the 75-minute launch event on the second-last day of COP23 here in Bonn, El Salvador and Oregon had both signed on. By joining the alliance, governments commit to “phasing out traditional coal power and placing a moratorium on any...
What is a digital carbon footprint?
Nature & Environment

What is a digital carbon footprint?

...energy use. While this is also an enormous chunk of total global energy use, there is a glimmer of hope here, because the internet industry is widely known to be advancing their switch from conventional fuels to renewable sources. However, there are nuances that we should be mindful of here, too. While the IPCC’s estimate of the internet energy consumption encapsulates...
The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...Energy SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production SDG 13 - Climate Action Such HE sustainability drives can be classified into three broad areas: Sustainable campus initiatives; Education for Sustainable Development (ESD); and sustainable HE teaching and learning systems. Sustainable campus initiatives Most HE institutions have established sustainability policies to...
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...energy in joules and electric current in amperes. A detailed understanding of these units is not needed yet, and would make a rather dull start to this course. In the few places where units appear, please skip past them if the meaning is unclear. Many physical quantities span vast ranges of magnitude. Figures 1 and 2 use images to indicate the range of lengths and times...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Training for endurance in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for endurance in sport and fitness

...energy system) for the length of the climb and prevent fatigue (cardiorespiratory endurance). Muscles will need to continually contract in order to provide propulsion, strength and maintain technique (muscular strength endurance). Using a combination of cardiorespiratory and muscular strength endurance, climbers can maintain a constant high speed and/or workload close to...